The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd enters its 44th day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Jho Low was one of AmBank ex-manager's 'biggest clients'
- Jho Low and Nik Faisal told me not to disclose Najib's name - witness
- Jho Low asked AmBank ex-manager to clear BlackBerry chat logs
Jho Low was one of AmBank ex-manager's 'biggest clients'
9.54am - Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping testifies that fugitive businessperson Jho Low had been one of the commercial bank's “bigger clients”.
"He was one of the bank's bigger clients," she tells lawyer Harvinderjit Singh.
When Harvinderjit asks whether Jho Low was also one of her biggest clients, Yu replies "Yes".
Jho Low and Nik Faisal told me not to disclose Najib's name - witness
9.32am - Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping agrees that fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho and former SRC International CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil told her not to disclose Najib Abdul Razak’s name whenever there were funds coming into his AmBank account.
During cross-examination, lawyer Harvinderjit Singh is asking the 54th witness whether she was informed by Low and Nik Faisal, who was also then premier Najib's mandate holder for the accounts, that Najib's name need not be disclosed.
Yu: Yes, we were told we cannot list Datuk Seri (Najib's) name.
Harvinderjit: You were told by Jho (Low) that it involves huge confidentiality of exposed person, so not to expose the name?
Yu: I was told that by Jho (Low).
Jho Low asked AmBank ex-manager to clear BlackBerry chat logs
9.20am - The hearing starts with defence counsel Harvinderjit Singh scrutinising BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) chat transcripts with former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping.
The court hears about one of the chats Joanna had with businessperson Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, in which the latter asked her to clear her BBM chat logs.
This happened on the morning of March 3, 2015, according to the transcript read out by Harvinderjit.
Joanna then confirms this conversation, but says that she did not comply with Low’s instruction.
"Yes (Low told me to clear BBM chat logs), but I never did. Because I don't know how to," she testifies.
Joanna disagrees that she had cleared her BBM chat logs after March 2015, and says conversations conducted through the application should have been in her BlackBerry which was confiscated by Bank Negara later that same year.
9am - The accused, Najib Abdul Razak, enters court and takes a seat in the front row of the public gallery to await the start of proceedings.
Also seen in court is his lawyer Harvinderjit Singh and other members of the defence team, as well as Attorney-General Tommy Thomas, DPP V Sithambaram and other DPPs.
The 44th day of Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International trial is set to proceed this morning, following yesterday's unprecedented postponement due to one of the former prime minister's counsel, Harvinderjit Singh, being unwell.
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali made it clear yesterday that the defence must make arrangements for other members of the team to cross-examine 54th prosecution witness Joanna Yu Ging Ping today, in the event that Harvinderjit is still on sick leave.
Yesterday was a stark contrast to the usual proceedings, as only two of Najib's junior lawyers Syahirah Hanafiah and Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed were present in court, with former AmBank relationship manager Yu looking on from the witness stand.
Wan Aizuddin informed Mohd Nazlan that not only was Harvinderjit, who was initially set to cross-examine Yu, too sick to attend court, but that Najib's lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah was preoccupied with wrapping up cases being heard before another Kuala Lumpur High Court judge, Su Geok Yiam, before she retires at the end of this month.
When Mohd Nazlan queried why Najib's other lawyers could not handle the cross-examination, Wan Aizuddin said it was because they received no instructions about it.
After reminding the two lawyers of the need for alternative arrangements, Mohd Nazlan allowed proceedings to be postponed until today. - Mkini
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